Carrie Fisher did not expect Star Wars to succeed when she first began production. Fisher, who became an integral part of the Star Wars movie universe as Princess Leia, was just 19 years old when she began playing Leia. She starred in A New Hope alongside Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew, and Alec Guinness. While she hardly expected the movie to be anything successful, it earned an initial $410 million on a budget of $11 million and has earned $775 million after its various re-releases.
Griffin Dunne, Fisher’s best friend, spoke to The Sunday Times about Fisher’s earliest days in Star Wars and her initial frustration with the franchise. She found the script “really stupid” and was constantly infuriated about acting alongside Chewbacca and R2-D2. Fisher believed that the movie would be “a f***ing disaster“ and did not foresee any of its success. Check out Dunne’s explanation below:
“It was 1976 and one day Carrie said offhandedly that she had landed a job in some science-fiction movie shooting in England. “Is there a part in it for me?” I asked, oblivious to what a normal person would say, like “Congrats” or “That’s great!” [Fisher said,] “The only one you would have been right for is being played by Mark somebody. It’s a really stupid script and you would have turned it down, I promise… I’m acting with an eight-foot yeti and a four-foot Brit in a rolling trash can! We shoot at shit we can’t see on green screens with ray guns that don’t even have a trigger. This movie is going to be a f***ing disaster.”
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Source: The Sunday Times
Star Wars
Star Wars is a multimedia franchise that started in 1977 by creator George Lucas. After the release of Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope (originally just titled Star Wars), the franchise quickly exploded, spawning multiple sequels, prequels, TV shows, video games, comics, and much more. After Disney acquired the rights to the franchise, they quickly expanded the universe on Disney+, starting with The Mandalorian.
- Created by
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George Lucas
- First Film
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Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
- Cast
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Mark Hamill
, James Earl Jones
, David Prowse
, Carrie Fisher
, Harrison Ford
, Daisy Ridley
, Adam Driver
, Ian McDiarmid
, Ewan McGregor
, Rosario Dawson
, Lars Mikkelsen
, Rupert Friend
, Moses Ingram
, Frank Oz
, Pedro Pascal - TV Show(s)
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The Mandalorian
, Andor
, Obi-Wan Kenobi
, The Book of Boba Fett
, Ahsoka
, The Acolyte
, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
, Lando
, Star Wars: The Clone Wars
, Star Wars Rebels
, Star Wars: The Bad Batch
, Star Wars: Resistance
, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
, Star Wars: Visions - Character(s)
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Luke Skywalker
, Han Solo
, Rey Skywalker
, Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
, Obi-Wan Kenobi
, Ahsoka Tano
, Grand Admiral Thrawn
, Grand Inquisitor
, Reva (The Third Sister)
, The Fifth Brother
, The Seventh Sister
, The Eighth Brother
, Yoda
, Din Djarin
, Grogu
, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader
, Leia Organa
, Ben Solo/Kylo Ren - Video Game(s)
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords
, Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005)
, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2
, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
